Pirates who are operating off the somali coast have hijacked 15 vessles, and the plight of the remaining shall continue unless they are caucasian victims. Judging by the recent events, there is no consistency in policing and prosecuting the captured pirates who in real are 21 century bandits. The french and the americans pursue and prosecute the captured pirates but the dutch and canadians have an opinion that if the victims are not dutch or canadians than a crime has not been commited. This raises the question that do the dutch and or canadians believe that their kind are relatively more important than other international citizens, and so the crime has not been committed unless the victims are dutch or canadians ?

By Small Brother | April 19, 2009 9:45 PM

@Small Brother
The issue is more complicated than you suggest, unless you accept execution (without trial) of the pirates as was the custom in the seventeenth century! What to do with the pirates who have served their time in a Canadian or Dutch jail (2 to 4 years)? They can't even be extradited since they don't have papers/passports so their official nationality remains in limbo. They would have to be "maintained" by the taxpayer...What a reward for a criminal!

By seo2007 | April 20, 2009 7:43 AM